I. BANNER STORIES
It’s a done deal, says MILF exec
But Esperon says gov’t can’t disregard judiciary
By Christine Avendaño, Alcuin Papa, Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:35:00 08/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines—It’s a done deal.
That’s the position of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front a day after the Supreme Court stopped the MILF and the Philippine government from signing a memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MoA-AD) in a bid to end four decades of the separatist war in Mindanao.
MILF on pact: It's a done deal
By John Unson
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
COTABATO CITY – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said yesterday the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain with the government is a “done deal” and ready for implementation despite last Monday’s Supreme Court order stopping its scheduled signing.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080805119
3. Manila Times
Pact a ‘done deal’ – MILF
Rebel panel says August 5 signing mere formality
By Al Jacinto, Correspondent
It’s all over but the formal signing of a peace agreement between the government and Muslim insurgents.
The separatist rebels from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Tuesday said the agreement was a done deal despite a Supreme Court order stopping the formal signing of the accord that gives them an ancestral domain. On the territory supposedly would rise their separate Islamic homeland in Mindanao in southern Philippines.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/06/yehey/top_stories/20080806top1.html
4. Malaya
Inflation hits 12.2%,highest in 17 years
BSP poised to further raise rates
BY JIMMY CALAPATI
INFLATION surged to a 17-year high of 12.2 percent in July from 11.4 percent in June, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said yesterday.
Last month's inflation was the highest since December 1991 when it stood at 13.2 percent. Inflation was 2.6 percent a year ago.
"As expected, inflation in July recorded another increase," Bangko Sentral Gov. Amando Tetangco said, adding monetary authorities will respond appropriately to maintain price stability.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/aug06/news1.htm
Senators vow to defeat PI plan
By Angie M. Rosales
08/06/2008
Senators yesterday vowed to exhaust all means to defeat the reported plan of President Arroyo and her local executives-allies in amending the Constitution through a People’s Initiative (PI) that would serve to make the Senate vote irrelevant on the issue of introducing amendments and revisions of the Constitution.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080806hed1.html
7. Abante
CIVIL WAR SA M’DANAO
(Boyet Jadulco/Eralyn Prado/Al Jacinto/JB Salarzon/Jun Tadios/Rose Miranda)
Ibinabala kahapon nina Sens. Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero at Panfilo Lacson ang posibleng pagsiklab ng ‘civil war’ sa Mindanao alinman sa dalawa -- matuloy o hindi -- ang kauwian ng naudlot na peace accord sa pagitan ng pamahalaan at Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/aug0608/default.htm
3 STUDENT NANGHOLDAP NG PAMBAON
Juliet De Loza
Magkakatuwang na sumalakay at nangholdap sa isang pampasaherong jeep ang anim na kalalalakihang kinabibilangan ng tatlong estudyante sa lungsod ng Maynila kahapon ng madaling-araw.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/aug0608/crime1.htm
Sibilyan nag-aarmas na, MILF umatake!
Ni Joy Cantos
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Nagsipag-armas na ang mga Civilian Volunteers Organization (CVO) matapos ang magkakasunod na pag-atake ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sa tatlong bayan sa North Cotabato.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008080572
10. Journal
OVERPRICED
By: Tess Bedico
GMA suspects price manipulation, orders audit of oil firms
WHAT’S keeping oil companies from lowering pump prices when oil prices in the world market have been going down?
To get the answer to her own question, President Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday ordered the Department of Energy to conduct “an intensive audit” of oil and power companies.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-08-06&sec=1&aid=69182
11. Business World
Bread, sardines, fuel in gov’t focus
MALACAÑANG has zeroed in on bread, sardines and fuel in its latest bid to cushion consumers from rising prices of basic goods.
In a press conference held after a Cabinet meeting yesterday, Press Sec. Jesus G. Dureza said President Gloria M. Arroyo had directed agencies to undertake steps to ensure that prices of sardines and bread are well within the reach of poor households.
http://bworldonline.com/BW080608/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
Inflation hits 12.2 % in July
By Jun Vallecera
Reporter
PRICES moved at their fastest in 17 years, averaging 12.2 percent in July and boosting the likelihood the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will again tighten the monetary screws in response.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/08062008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
SC probers start work on CA bribe case
By Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:53:00 08/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The three-member committee formed by the Supreme Court convenes on Wednesday to lay down the parameters of its investigation of the bribery scandal in the Court of Appeals (CA) and the dispute among its justices in connection with the case between Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and the Government Service Insurance System.
Rush-hour commute: Train cheapest, fastest ride
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:38:00 08/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Twelve teams. Three destinations. But bring your own baon.
Commuting by train remains the cheapest and fastest way to travel in Metro Manila, based on results of the first two days of the “Rush-hour commute,” a race that was devised by the Philippine Daily Inquirer (parent company of INQUIRER.net) in which volunteers were given three routes and various modes of transportation to get to their destination for three days from Aug. 4 to 6.
Moro state has powers with no limits, says solon
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:04:00 08/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines—A Bangsamoro state bereft of respect for civil and human rights will be formed once the memorandum of agreement (MoA) on ancestral domain between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is signed and becomes executory, an administration lawmaker has warned.
2 bishops fear resurgence of violence
By Kristine L. Alave
Mindanao Bureau
First Posted 05:08:00 08/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Two Roman Catholic bishops in Mindanao expressed fears about the possible resurgence of violence over a proposed peace deal that would set up a Bangsamoro homeland enjoying broad powers.
Solons grill Palace execs over Bangsamoro state
By Christian V. Esguerra
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:16:00 08/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines—They said nothing—at least none that could calm lawmakers angered by a plan to expand the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
JPEPA closer to Senate approval
12 senators back Santiago committee report
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:18:00 08/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Twelve senators have agreed to endorse Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s committee report on the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), moving the landmark trade and services pact with Tokyo closer to ratification.
HERNANDO PEREZ’S LAWYER SAYS
Graft cases against ex-DoJ chief ‘motivated by malice’
By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:19:00 08/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- The lawyer for former Justice Secretary Hernando “Nani” Perez has alleged that Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez filed a string of graft charges against Perez to preempt an impeachment case against her.
Cut in natural gas royalties to boost growth, says UP prof
By Abigail L. Ho
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:20:00 08/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- A reduction in the royalties imposed on natural gas production will give a much-needed boost to industrial firms operating in the country, according to the Semiconductors and Electronics Industries Philippines Inc. (SEIPI).
Madrigal aunt’s will covered all assets, heirs’ lawyer says
By DJ Yap
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:22:00 08/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- The executors of the will of the late Consuelo “Chito” Madrigal-Collantes said Monday she had intended to dispose of her entire estate in the document.
Palace: It’s all up to SC
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Malacañang is leaving it up to the Supreme Court (SC) to determine the legal issues surrounding the proposed Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) that was supposed to have been signed by the government with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Malaysia yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080805120
Rebels attack Army outpost after TRO
By Jaime Laude
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrillas traded mortar fire with government troops in Midsayap, North Cotabato, just hours after the Supreme Court stopped the scheduled signing of an agreement that could have allowed the Muslim rebel group to exercise autonomy and self-rule.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080805121
GMA set to hold talks with Hu
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
President Arroyo will hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao during her three-day visit to China beginning Thursday.
She will depart for Chengdu in Sichuan province Thursday morning, the first stop in her visit.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080805122
GMA orders audit of oil, power firms
By Marvin Sy
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
President Arroyo has ordered the Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct an “intensive audit” of the books of the country’s oil and power companies, particularly on their cost recovery, in order to ensure that any movement in pump prices is justified.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080805123
Panel begins hearings on CA row
By Mike Frialde
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
The panel created by the Supreme Court to probe the alleged bribery try on a justice of the Court of Appeals (CA) buckles down to work today as it holds an organizational meeting to determine the number and sequences of witnesses to be summoned.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080805124
Unwanted Filipino, Indonesian migrants overwhelm Borneo
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
KOTA KINABALU – Migrants from the Philippines and Indonesia who have flooded into Malaysian Borneo are being targeted with a massive deportation program, as the government comes under pressure to act.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080805125
Asean marks 41st anniversary with RP still not ratifying charter
By Pia Lee-Brago
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations marks its 41st founding anniversary this Friday, the Philippines has yet to ratify the ASEAN Charter that will give the regional grouping legal personality.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080805126
13 senators endorse JPEPA, says Miriam
By Aurea Calica
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago bared yesterday that 13 senators have signed the committee report endorsing the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), which is likely to be ratified soon.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080805127
Comelec: No chance of poll postponement
By Sheila Crisostomo
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday there was a “zero-zero chance” the Aug. 11 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) would be postponed.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080805128
Landbank, Quedancor officials not yet off the hook
By Aurea Calica
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Officials of the Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) and the Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor) are not yet off the hook as senators said yesterday they would still be grilled on why P114.6 million in fees had to be paid for the P5-billion loan extended by Landbank to the latter.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080805129
Govt stands to lose P700M if ARMM elections postponed
By Anthony Vargas, Reporter
Postponing elections scheduled this month in an autonomous region in southern Philippines will make the government poorer by P700 million, a top poll official warned on Tuesday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/06/yehey/top_stories/20080806top2.html
Cha-Cha seen as motive of GMA all along
BY GERARD NAVAL
A MINDANAO-BASED Catholic priest and peace advocate yesterday accused President Arroyo of having the ulterior motive of amending the Constitution in pushing for the signing of a memorandum of agreement with the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/aug06/news4.htm
System loss charges to go down
By Euan Paulo C. Añonuevo, Reporter
Consumer’s electricity bills are poised to go down once a new resolution by the Energy Regulatory Commission on system loss takes effect.
“We have issued the draft resolution lowering the caps to 8 percent and 11 percent for distribution utilities and electric cooperatives,” Francis Saturnino Juan, the regulator’s executive director, said Tuesday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/06/yehey/top_stories/20080806top7.html
CA violated own rules in Meralco case
By William B. Depasupil, Reporter
THE Internal Rules of the Court of Appeals were violated when appellate court Justices Jose Sabio Jr. and Myrna Vidal were excluded from the Court’s Eight Division when it promulgated the decision that dismissed the complaint filed by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said Tuesday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/06/yehey/metro/20080806met1.html
SC itself should probe CA bribery case — senator
08/06/2008
A senator yesterday said the Supreme Court (SC) itself should look into the alleged bribery and case-grabbing scandal at the Court of Appeals (CA), not just a mere three-man panel that has been formed by the high court to investigate the issue.
Administration Sen. Joker Arroyo said the high tribunal should not delegate the task of investigating the allegations to former SC justices because “what happened is too heinous (as it involves) alleged bribery and case grabbing.”
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080806hed5.html
Jamby backpedals on raps aired vs Speaker’s brother
08/06/2008
Bereft of any proof to substantiate her accusations leveled against the brother of Speaker Prospero Nograles, Jose, of his pocketing P14 million in “lawyer’s fee” in the so-called swine scam and smarting from the public scolding she received from members of the House of Representatives over what turned out to be a baseless accusation against investment banker Jose Nograles, Sen. Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal yesterday backpedaled from her charges, denying she had accused the younger Nograles, claiming that she was merely “asking” questions.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080806hed6.html
Libro ng Meralco, oil firms busisiin
(Rose Miranda/Tina Mendoza)
Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon ay mismong si Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na ang nag-utos kay Energy Sec. Angelo Reyes na magsagawa ng malawakang auditing sa financial records ng lahat ng oil at power companies sa bansa dahil sa kabiguan ng mga ito na magbaba ng singil sa kanilang produkto at serbisyo sa kabila ng pagbaba sa presyo ng langis sa world market.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/aug0608/news02.htm
Veggie flour sagot sa pandesal hike
(Rose Miranda)
Dahil sa mataas na presyo ng harina na may direktang epekto sa pagtaas sa presyo ng pandesal na siyang tinatangkilik ng masang Pilipino, nakatakdang ipakilala sa publiko ang “veggie flour” o harina mula sa mga piling gulay na ititinda sa publiko sa mas murang halaga dalawa o tatlong buwan mula ngayon.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/aug0608/news06.htm
Jamby hinamon sa cyber gambling probe
Rey Marfil
Mariing hinamon ni Senador Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero III si Senadora Jamby Madrigal na maghain ng resolusyon upang paimbestigahan ang cyber gambling operation sa Port Irene Cagayan.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/aug0608/crime2.htm
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